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Pioneer commonly refers to a settler who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territory.

In the United States pioneer commonly refers to an American pioneer, a person in American history who migrated westward to settle in what is now the Western and Midwestern United States.

Pioneer, The Pioneer, or pioneering may also refer to:

Companies and organizations

Pioneer Aerospace Corporation
Pioneer Chicken, an American fast-food restaurant chain
Pioneer Club Las Vegas, a casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Pioneer Corporation, a Japanese electronics manufacturer
Pioneer Energy, a Canadian gas station chain
Pioneer Entertainment, a Japanese anime company
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a U.S.-based agriculture company
Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall, Laughlin, Nevada, U.S.
Pioneer Instrument Company, an American aeronautical instrument manufacturer
Pioneer movement, a communist youth organization
Pioneer Natural Resources, an energy company in Texas, U.S.
Pioneer Pictures, a former American film studio
Pioneer Surgical Technology, a medical technology company in Michigan, U.S.
Pioneer Total Abstinence Association, Irish Catholics who avoid alcohol
Pioneers (missions agency), a Christian missions organization

Entertainment

Visual Arts

The Pioneer (1904), painting by Frederick McCubbin, Australia
The Pioneer (Visalia, California) (c. 1915), sculpture by Solon H. Borglum, California
The Pioneer (Eugene, Oregon) (1919), sculpture by Alexander Phimister Proctor, Oregon
The Pioneers (sculpture) (1928), sculpture by Lorado Taft, Illinois
Pioneer Monument (disambiguation) for others named "Pioneer Monument" or "Pioneer Memorial"

Films

The Pioneers (1903 film), an American silent film directed by Wallace McCutcheon, Sr.
The Pioneers (1916 film), an Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett
The Pioneers (1926 film), an Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford
The Pioneers (1941 film), an American film directed by Albert Herman
The Pioneers (1980 film), a Taiwanese film starring Hsu Feng
Pioneer (film), a 2013 Norwegian film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg
The Pioneers (2021 film), a Chinese film directed by Xu Zhangxiong

Games

Pioneer (pinball), a 1976 pinball machine produced by Gottlieb
Pioneer (video game), a 2006 space trading and combat simulator

Music

Bands

Pioneer (band), an American Christian music band
The Pioneers (band), a Jamaican reggae vocal trio

Albums

The Pioneers (album) by MC Eiht and Spice 1, 2004
Pioneer (The Maine album), 2011
Pioneer (Pioneer album), self titled album, 2012
Pioneer (The Band Perry album), 2013

Songs

"The Pioneers" (song) by Bloc Party, 2005
"Pioneer" by The Band Perry, from Pioneer, 2013
"Pioneer" (song) by Freddie, 2015
"Pioneers", by For King & Country from Burn the Ships, 2018

Literature

Pioneer (magazine), a Soviet/Russian monthly magazine
Pioneer (newspaper), various English-language newspapers
- The Pioneer (South Australia), a newspaper
- The Pioneer (India), an English-language newspaper published in India
Pioneer (Estonian magazine)
The Pioneers (novel), by James Fenimore Cooper
The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, a 2019 book by David McCullough

Military

Pioneer (military), a soldier employed for engineering and construction tasks
Pioneer Column, an 1890 force of the British South Africa Company
AAI RQ-2 Pioneer, a U.S. military unmanned aerial vehicle
RSD-10 Pioneer, a Soviet missile
Scammell Pioneer Semi-trailer, a British tank recovery and transport vehicle
Scottish Aviation Pioneer, a British military aircraft

Places

Australia

Pioneer, Queensland
Pioneer, Tasmania
Pioneer River, in Queensland
Shire of Pioneer, a former local government area

United States

Other places

Rail transport

Pioneer (locomotive), built in 1837
Pioneer (train), an Amtrak passenger train
Pioneer MRT station, a transit station in Singapore

Schools

Pioneer High School (Ann Arbor, Michigan), U.S.
Pioneer High School (San Jose, California), U.S.
Pioneer High School (Whittier, California), U.S.
Pioneer Junior College, Singapore
Pioneer-Pleasant Vale Schools, (Garfield County, Oklahoma) U.S.

Ships

HMS Pioneer, several Royal Navy ships, 1800s
Pioneer (sidewheeler 1849), one of the first steamboats in California, U.S., 1849
Pioneer (paddle-steamer), New Zealand gunboat, 1863
Pioneer (submarine), built for the American Civil War, 1861
Pioneer (schooner), ship at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City, U.S., 1885
USS Pioneer, several U.S. Navy ships, 1800s – 1900s
USC&GS Pioneer, several U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ships, 1900s
MV P&O Pioneer, a British hybrid power seagoing ferry, introduced on the Dover–Calais route, 2023

Sports

London Greenhouse Pioneers, an English basketball team
Pioneer Bowl (disambiguation), American college football games
Pioneer Football League, a college conference
Pioneer League (baseball), a minor league
Pioneer Race Course, a former San Francisco horse racing course
Sacred Heart Pioneers, the athletic teams of the Sacred Heart University

Other

Pioneer program, a series of U.S. lunar, solar, and interplanetary unmanned space missions launched from 1958 through 1978
Pioneer species, a species that colonizes an otherwise barren environment
Pioneering (Scouting), creating structures with ropes and wood spars
Young Pioneers (disambiguation)

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-'''Pioneer''' commonly refers to a [[settler]] who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territory. Pioneers loved to eat one another  too.
+'''Pioneer''' commonly refers to a [[settler]] who migrates to previously uninhabited or sparsely inhabited territory.
 In the United States '''pioneer''' commonly refers to an [[American pioneer]], a person in American history who migrated westward to settle in what is now the Western and Midwestern United States.